The Early Word: Old Walgreens could gas back up; Tigers mess, explained
It’s already Friday, Memphis. Gotta love a short holiday work week. If you’re looking to get into a DIY home project this weekend, come to my house get to the grand opening of Habitat for Humanity’s new ReStore location. Also opening today (Sept. 6): Emerald Theatre Co.’s Ten-Minute Play Festival, the perfect, quick night out for the gal or guy on the go.
Saturday brings the second grim anniversary in a week’s time: On Monday, we remembered Eliza Fletcher, who was killed on a run in 2022. And on Saturday, we’ll remember the three people killed during a citywide shooting spree just days after Fletcher’s death.
Saturday also brings the Memphis Tigers’ second football game of the season, a home match against Troy. And on Sunday, you can peek inside some of Midtown’s fanciest homes during the annual Central Gardens Home Tour. Included on this year’s tour is the Depression-era, art-deco Kimbrough Towers, best known for the liquor store on the ground floor. For more weekend ideas, check out The To-Do List.
Walgreens’ old “corner of happy and healthy” slogan could become the “corner of gas and light” for one former location of the pharmacy chain. A neighborhood market and gas station is being proposed for the long-vacant Walgreens at the corner of Highland Street and Summer Avenue. According to the plan, the store would sell fresh produce, as well as coffee and fresh baked goods. But that’s not all: This one-stop shop would also offer a convenient way to pay your light bill. If you ask some of our commenters though, it would seem the new plan is actually trying to gaslight all of us.
The Memphis Tigers basketball program is in a pickle. This week, we learned that an anonymous letter alleged NCAA rules violations related to big payouts for basketball player commitments, among other accusations. And we learned that Coach Penny Hardaway made some major changes with his coaching staff. So, what does it all mean for the future of Tigers basketball? The Daily Memphian’s Tim Buckley offers this explainer. And for possibly even more, tune into ESPN’s “The Geoff Calkins Show” later this morning to hear Calkins interview new Tigers athletic director Ed Scott.
Plus, the U of M struggles to find engineering students, a barren Downtown park could see new life and you can get “Gangsta” at Carolina Watershed.
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